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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lrbguy, post: 3585650, member: 88829&quot;]Here is a set of pics of the same coin shot with my <font size="5"><b>iPhone 8</b></font>, with a light and dark background, first of each is the unaltered image after cropping and resizing for upload, the second pic adjusts the brightness and/or contrast to take the coin closer to its look in hand.&nbsp; The lighting was with a pair of desk lamps with &quot;Daylight&quot; (5600K) color temperature:</p><p>First set, phone was mounted 10cm (lens to subject):</p><p><br /></p><p>The coin I chose is very dark billon.&nbsp; Bright silver shoots well, but I wanted to see what happens if you are shooting a bronze or low quality billon.</p><p>DARK background</p><p><br /></p><p>Unaltered normal exposure:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]957283[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Reducing the brightness with a dark background gave the image that is easiest to examine.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]957282[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Second set phone was handheld ~ 10cm (lens to subject)</p><p>WHITE background:</p><p><br /></p><p>Detail is lost before adjustment.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]957285[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Brightening the image and reducing contrast made it readable.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]957284[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Of the four pics, the last one gives the closest render of what it looks like in hand.</p><p><br /></p><p>The phone gives acceptable images, but using a camera gives more flexibility for image control.&nbsp; Post editing took about the same time either way, but my camera setup is permanently &quot;up&quot; and always ready to shoot.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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